Jordan and Evermann. — Fishes of North America. 1217 



on cheeks; 11 vertical rows on opercle to base of spines; 2 rows on inter- 

 opercle. Spinous dorsal rather low, not notched; first spine al)out \\ in 

 second, fourth very slightly longer than third, as long as from tip of snout 

 to middle of eye, 2\ in head ; soft dorsal not elevated, lir.st ray 2\ in 

 head ; upper lobe of caudal the longer, If in head ; lower lobe If in head ; 

 second anal spine strongest, hardly as long as third, which is Sj in head ; 

 first If in second ; first anal ray 3 in head ; penultimate longest, 2,! in head ; 

 last somewhat shorter; pectorals pointed, 1! in head, reaching beyond 

 tips of ventrals to vent; veutrals Ij in head ; soft dorsal and anal with a 

 few scales. Scales on breast and belly snijill. Color reddisli (probably 

 crimson in life), becoming paler beneath, breast somewhat orange ; a few 

 small, round, jiale spots on cheeks and opercles ; occiput rather dark; 

 lower jaw dusky; a slight bluish shade on preorbital; anterior part of 

 back with small indistinct light and dark specks ; large, quadrate, inky- 

 black spot larger than eye at base of soft dorsal, which involves the basal 

 half of several rays, and extends downward almost to lateral line; in 

 this blotch are traces of three darker spots ; behind this, three much 

 smaller, roundish, black spots, which extend on fin ; below these a row of 

 about 10 round black spots smaller than pupil, on median line of side 

 extending from opposite front of large dorsal spot to base of caudal ; 

 below this series some fainter irregular spots of black ; extending 

 obliquely upward and backward from above tip of ventral fin to lateral 

 line a large, elliptical creamy or silvery blotch which is about as wide as 

 interorbital and as long as snout and eye ; this spot does not reach middle 

 line of belly; spinous dorsal with 3 rows of diffuse, confluent, black 

 spots separated by pale streaks ; soft dorsal marked with several black 

 spots, which extend upward from body ; above these a pale median longi- 

 tudinal streak ; upper half of caudal red, with a few small black spots, 

 lower lobe inky black, with some pale edgings; outer half of ventrals 

 and anal dusky ; pectorals pale. Length of type 1\ inches. In form it 

 agrees very closely with Prionodcs luctojyercanttN, but the coloration is (juite 

 different. Coast of Ecuador; known from a single example, dredged in 

 45 fathoms, at the equator. {ariAfdbg, shining; anyna, spot.) 



Frionodes slilhostiijinn, Jordan & Bollman, Proc. U. S. Nat. Miis., 1}>80, 158, Pacific Ocean, off 

 the coast of Ecuador, o° 50' S., 89° 36' W.; depth 45 fathoms; Station 2809. 

 (Coll. Albatross.) 



Serranus dilbostiijma, Jordan & Eiqenmann, I. c, 409, 1890; Boulengeb, Cat., i, 294. 



512. DULES, Cuvier. 



Dules, Cuvier, B^gne Animal, Ed. 11, A'ol. 11, 147, 1829, (auriga). 



This genus is close to Frionodex, from which it differs in the possession 

 of but 6 branchiostegals, and in the truncate form of the caudal tin. In 

 one species the third dorsal spine is prolonged in a whip-like spine.* 



*"Par ce nom do doules (esclave) nous avons voulu iiidiquer la ressemblance do cos poissons 

 avec cenx que depui.'! longtemps nous avons apiielees thn-ajtom, nom qui, lui-nu-mo assez arbi- 

 traire, n'est que la traduction de I'epithete donnfie a I'esiwce de Theropon dScrite le phis ancienne- 

 nient (V Holocentrtis sernm de Bloch)." (Cuvier & Valenciennes.) 



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